The Mysterious Land That Kept the World From Tipping Over (Terra Australis Pt. 1)
You’ve probably seen old maps showing a giant landmass in the Southern Hemisphere. This may sound a little ridiculous that I m even bringing this up. I mean it’s obviously Antarctica. Or at least a mistaken merge of Antarctica and Australia….right? This land has held a few different names it’s history, but it’s most commonly known as Terra Australis, which is Latin for South Land or Land of the South. Social Media ------------------------ Map Shop - http://zacksmapshop.com/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/zackfleming Instagram - http://instagram.com/thegeographygeek Facebook - http://facebook.com/thegeographygeek TikTok - http://vm.tiktok.com/zmjpokutw/ Discord - https://discord.gg/4TsgtY6K Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/geographygeek Email Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/hSeKpj Internet Sources ------------ https://exhibits.stanford.edu/global-imaginary/feature/the-invention-of-terra-australis-incognita https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/pacific-ocean/terra-australis.html http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/meteorology.2.ii.html https://www.themaphouse.com/search_getamap.aspx?id=133425&ref=WLD4311 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Ortelius https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126360.html https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200606/history.cfm https://www.thoughtco.com/temperate-torrid-and-frigid-zones-1435361 https://www.bookvica.com/pages/books/588/fabian-gottlieb-thaddeus-von-bellingshausen-mikhail-petrovich-lazarev/first-russian-antarctic-expedition-during-which-the-continent-of-antarctica-was-discovered?soldItem=true Book Sources ------------------ “Meteorology” - Aristotle “The Fourth Part of the World” - Toby Lester “Over the Edge of the World” - Laurence Bergreen “The Phantom Atlas” - Edward Brooke-Hitching “Antipodes: In Search of the Southern Continent” - Avan Judd Stallard RareMaps.com Sources ------------------ Ortelius First Atlas 1570 - https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/77021 Oronce Fine 1531 World Map - https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/49773 Ancient World Atlas Map - https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/65287 Sponsor - https://RareMaps.com
